Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571, joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — A presentation by University of Maine Professor Paul Mayewski, an internationally acclaimed climate scientist who has led research expeditions to some of the world’s most remote locations, will highlight a Tuesday April 19 event at the Portland Museum of Art. Mayewski’s multimedia presentation will detail the […]
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Contact: Denise Skonberg, (207) 581-1639 A team of University of Maine food science and human nutrition students won first place at the regional Institute of Food Technologists (ITF) College Bowl Competition at Rutgers University and now are preparing for national competition in New Orleans this summer.
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Contact: Peter Fandel, (207) 581-1835 or Jim Settele, (207) 581-3153 ORONO — The University of Maine School of International Affairs has invited the chief of staff for the U.S. Navy’s Energy and Environmental Readiness Division to present and discuss steps the Navy is taking to utilize more efficient alternative energy sources for newly designed equipment.
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Contact: Nancy Hall, (207) 581-2404 University of Maine undergraduate students will present more than 50 research projects all day on Wednesday, April 13 at the Wells Conference Center for the second annual Undergraduate Research & Academic Showcase. The research represents disciplines from across campus.
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Contact Joe Carr at 207-581-3751 Prof. Malcolm Hunter spoke on the subject of “Designing refuges to maintain biodiversity in the face of climate change” at the Tuesday March 29 meeting of the National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy Team in Washington, D.C. That audience was made up of about 100 scientists and managers […]
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Contact: Ivan J. Fernandez, (207) 581-2932 or ivanjf@maine.edu The University of Maine’s ongoing research at the Bear Brook Watershed has received another funding boost from the National Science Foundation to study nitrogen cycling in the watershed. UMaine has received $370,646 for the first year of funding from a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to […]
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Contact: Jessica Bloch at 207-581-3777 Several upcoming lectures and events at UMaine were noted in a series of briefs in the Bangor Daily News, including the 2011 Life Cycle Assessment Event, a daylong event on April 15 during which the public can meet with UMaine students and faculty about sustainability and the environment. Also noted […]
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UMaine Professor Irv Kornfield was interviewed for a story on AOL News about a lamb, born on a farm in China, that happens to resemble a dog. The birth has given rise to rumors that the lamb is the result of the mating of a sheep and dog. Kornfield, who is also the director of […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 or joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — Renowned microbiologist Stanley Falkow, Stanford University School of Medicine’s Robert W. and Vivian K. Cahill Professor of Cancer Research, will visit the University of Maine for a series of activities the week of April 18, 2011. The highlight will be a Thursday April 21 public […]
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Alfred Bushway, food sciences professor at UMaine and authority on fiddlehead ferns, is quoted in the April 2011 edition of Martha Stewart Living magazine about whether one of Maine’s iconic wild-grown delicacies contains a toxin that can make people sick. Bushway told the magazine that he’s seen no evidence of toxins in fiddleheads.
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